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I've got some USDM GSR door panels that I practiced skinning the insert in black tweed. If you want them and can throw me$25 to cover shipping and I can send them your way. I did the passenger side to make sure I was confident and it came out perfectly. I can easily do the driver's side just the same.
I really need to get rid of my spare parts, lol.
Hey it's Mr. Serengeti Sand Integra! Loved your five year build thread. So great to see a car built with so much meticulous attention to detail. It's motivating to see that spending the time to do things thoroughly and correctly can really pay off.
Thanks for the offer, I'll send you a PM.
Updates coming soon. I've been spending my time part collecting and patiently waiting for my appointment at the end of this month with a paintless dent repair guy. Supposedly he is worth the wait. We'll see!
In lieu of updates I thought I'd share a few of my most recent pick ups. Waiting for this PDR has been killing me, so I've been collecting some suspension/ brake parts to keep moving forward. By the time I'm done everything but the front spindles and rear trailing arms (and possibly rear calipers) will be brand new. I'm trying to decide if I should powder coat them or just use paint to freshen them up, and I'm also debating whether or not to spray some sort of anti-rust paint or coating on the new front calipers I snagged. I'm open to suggestions. Rear calipers are proving to be difficult to find and they are expensive as hell from the dealership. If anyone has a set collecting dust in their garage I would love to take them off your hands.
Pictured: new front calipers, new front and rear hubs and bearings, and new front dust covers.
I also scooped up a JDM MOMO SRS steering wheel. I've never owned one and it popped up for a great price so I figured it was worth trying out. I still have the stock steering wheel (one more part that wasn't stolen.. woohoo) so I'm a little torn about which one I should use. The new steering wheel has a few small paint flaws and the stitching is a little faded but the leather/vinyl is not worn, ripped, damaged, or peeling. This one should polish up nicely!
Thanks to Brandon/ "phunhaus" for the door panels. They look great man! The only reason they're not pictured is because they're wrapped up and stored in that perfectly sized box you sent them in to avoid damage while I'm climbing around in my garage. The box is also a little buried at the moment.
Brandon shipped the door panels in a Subaru box so that they would be less tempting to thieves. Ahahaha! (Probably would have been a perfect plan anywhere in the country except up here in the Pacific Northwest.(no disrespect intended!)) Updates coming soon.
Makes my blood boil that people would ruin a Type-R.... Hate that people can't work for their own s**t!! It's great to see that you recovered your original engine, when I got my EG Coupe stolen back when I was in HS, cops could've cared less, I didn't even get any sort of help from them, none the less I know how it feels. I mean mine wasn't an ITR but I got it back in similar condition as yours. Much respect to you for putting it back together. Can't wait to see it finished.
That's awesome to see you rebuild your type R. Thieves really suck, I had two civic coupes stolen and stripped. Reading your thread made me think about how I've been leaving my windows down when its nice out parked in my drive way. Ill stop doing that now.
Good luck with the build. I'm excited to see it finished.
Welding like that..........is that safe? I don't know so thats why I'm asking?
I asked myself the same question when I was first presented with the option. For almost a year I tossed and turned over what I was going to do about those frame rails. What I came up with was that I had three options: scrap the car, seam the aprons and frame rails, or replace the frame rails entirely all the way to the firewall. For a while I was leaning towards complete replacement, but I was eventually talked out of it. I spoke with collision repair technicians, and with several frame repair specialists. At first I did get some conflicting opinions, but in the end the concensus was that seaming the aprons would be a much safer option for my situation. Since my car had never been in an accident, it didn't make sense to destroy the structural integrity of the frame that was still intact across all high stress areas of the chassis. The majority of the stress on the frame occurs near the wheel wells where the suspension is bolted on to the chassis and between them, areas that were unmolested in my situation. My car was cut right behind the radiator support so we are literally talking inches from where the frame rails naturally terminated in an area that carries little to no load. I am now 100% confident that If I had replaced the rails entirely the car would be less structurally sound and would never be the same. In contrast, seaming the aprons and rails with a thick hot weld actually increased the thickness of the metal and therefore did nothing to detract from the structural integrity of the chassis. The areas that were seamed are now stronger than they originally were, and I would be willing to bet that if there is ever a front end collision in the future (heaven forbid) the seamed portions of the frame rails will not be what fails. Seaming is actually pretty common in the frame repair industry, especially for classic cars.
I'm learning that patience can pay off. Yesterday I finally had my appointment with Ryan Snider of Ryan Snider Paintless Dent Repair. He was booked out a couple of months in advance when I made the appointment, but it was definitely worth the wait.
Before:
After:
Ryan did an amazing job removing the two large dents in the passenger rear quarter panel left by the jerks that stole my car. Watching the body lines reappear was very satisfying to say the least. He also took care of a few small dings that came with the car when I bought it. Ryan is mobile, does excellent work, and is located near Seattle. Check out his website at Ryan Snider Paintless Dent Repair if you're interested in his services.
More pics of the rear quarter:
Now that all is said and done the car is finally ready to prep for paint. It's a shame that the car will have to be repainted because the factory paint on the unibody is still in excellent condition. Since the wing, trophy panel, rear bumper, and front end all need to be painted regardless of the rest of the car's condition, by the time I would finish blending in the doors and rear quarters most of the car would end up repainted anyway. At least the body work and filler that would have been needed has been minimized or eliminated. Obviously I'm going for an OEM quality paint job with just a little bit of orange peel to stay consistent with the era and the original finish. I still need to strip down the engine bay and remove glass, but I'm definitely getting a lot closer. Next up is a complete restoration of the suspension and brakes. More coming soon!
I asked myself the same question when I was first presented with the option. For almost a year I tossed and turned over what I was going to do about those frame rails. What I came up with was that I had three options: scrap the car, seam the aprons and frame rails, or replace the frame rails entirely all the way to the firewall. For a while I was leaning towards complete replacement, but I was eventually talked out of it. I spoke with collision repair technicians, and with several frame repair specialists. At first I did get some conflicting opinions, but in the end the concensus was that seaming the aprons would be a much safer option for my situation. Since my car had never been in an accident, it didn't make sense to destroy the structural integrity of the frame that was still intact across all high stress areas of the chassis. The majority of the stress on the frame occurs near the wheel wells where the suspension is bolted on to the chassis and between them, areas that were unmolested in my situation. My car was cut right behind the radiator support so we are literally talking inches from where the frame rails naturally terminated in an area that carries little to no load. I am now 100% confident that If I had replaced the rails entirely the car would be less structurally sound and would never be the same. In contrast, seaming the aprons and rails with a thick hot weld actually increased the thickness of the metal and therefore did nothing to detract from the structural integrity of the chassis. The areas that were seamed are now stronger than they originally were, and I would be willing to bet that if there is ever a front end collision in the future (heaven forbid) the seamed portions of the frame rails will not be what fails. Seaming is actually pretty common in the frame repair industry, especially for classic cars.
That makes perfect sense, as you said the car was never in a front end wreck (knock on wood), so I guess, from what you're saying and from what you were told, seam welding should be fine and that the strength of the frame rails are sound. Please keep up the good work, and that was some good decision making on your end. No one would've been able to make that decision but yourself.
That's awesome to see you rebuild your type R. Thieves really suck, I had two civic coupes stolen and stripped. Reading your thread made me think about how I've been leaving my windows down when its nice out parked in my drive way. Ill stop doing that now.
Good luck with the build. I'm excited to see it finished.
If the only good thing to come out of this thread is reminding someone to keep their car safe it's been worth the effort.
Originally Posted by jdmeg6118
Glad your bringing the R back to life!
Originally Posted by 97CWITR
Looks amazing!!! Keep it up!
Originally Posted by Deetz
Amazing turn around so far! Glad to see you are putting her back together properly with car.......keep it up
Originally Posted by ricb20vtec22
Coming along nicely so far!
Originally Posted by Tegger93
Cant believe how great the paintless dent removal worked!!
Thanks for all of the feedback guys! Still a long way to go.
Bump for updates! Lets get this thing in paint already.
Ha! I'm trying man! I work at least 50 hours a week. I'm also getting ready to close on a house this coming week so right now I do not have the free time my car deserves. Updates coming soon!
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Damn super sorry to hear about the theft, no fun at all. Sooooo glad you got your motor back though! That's huge!!!
I noticed you were in Seattle, well that scares the SH*T outa me. I hope this wasn't in the north end
Keep up the good work!
Thanks man. It went down in the south end, but there are just as many shady little bast@rds up north. Keep your car safe.
This weekend I started working on the Integra's suspension and brakes. I didn't have much time to invest, but I managed to get a good start. To get things rolling there were two items on my agenda:
•Remove the non ABS Civic knuckles and rear trailing arms with 4 lug hubs that the thieves left on my car. Then remove every suspension part left on the chassis.
•Break down all of the brake and suspension components that I will be using (to prep for cleaning, replacement of worn parts, and for powder coating in some cases.)
My wife was sick as hell, so I was afraid I wouldn't be able to work on my car. I ended up staying home for a couple days to take care of her. I was even able to spend a little time taking care of my sick wife.
I got the car up in the air and started dismantling. It was quick and painless. If you have never used a ball joint separating tool, you don't know what you're missing out on. For $20, you can't go wrong. With this guy and an electric impact in hand I literally spent less than ten minutes at each wheel well, and only a total of five minutes separating six ball joints. No smashed fingers, no grunting.. If you're still one of those sledge hammer types.. Repent!
No more 4 lug!
I took my new (used) front knuckles and rear trailing arms to a local shop and had the front hubs and bearings pressed out, the lower balljoints pressed out, and the rear trailing arm bushings pressed out. $50 well spent.
I'll be replacing all of the suspension bushings, the hubs, bearings, balljoints, rear LCA's, rear sway bar, and all brake system parts. The jerks cut my brake lines and ABS sensors all the way around so I will need to replace those too. I will be cleaning up a set of used front knuckles and used rear trailing arms with spindles, and reusing my original front lower arms, front upper arms, front sway bar and shock absorbers with the new bushings mentioned earlier.
It's amazing how much dirt and grime can build up after 100k miles. Half of the parts I pulled off looked like they came from the bottom of the ocean. I cleaned and degreased the front knuckles, rear trailing arms, front lower arms, front sway bar, and a few other non suspension/ brake parts to have them powder coated. Then I spent HOURS AND HOURS cleaning up my shocks and front upper arms. I used hand cleaner wipes do do most of the work. They're great. Slightly gritty, but not enough that you would need to worry about damaging the finish. The soap also breaks down oil and grime. I strongly recommend them to anyone that wants to clean some crusty, old, or dirty parts.
Shocks before:
Shocks after:
No great before picture of the front upper arms, but here is how they looked after getting cleaned up:
I'll be ordering all of my new parts and getting my used parts powder coated soon. I'm also going to spend some time cleaning up the wheel wells and undercarriage while everything is easy to get to. Hopefully I can get this car rolling again soon!
awesome progress with your restoration & I'm sorry for what has happened. I've been a honda guy forever now & eventually moved on from then in early 2000 as I got tired of dealing with BS that comes with these cars. Now 13+ years later I just picked up a type r & have been doing research to see how safe it is & threads like this put everything in perspective time to lock down my whole house lol
..Now 13+ years later I just picked up a type r & have been doing research to see how safe it is & threads like this put everything in perspective time to lock down my whole house lol
It's really sad that we have to go to such extreme measures to keep our cars safe, but it's so true. Before my car was stolen I remember thinking that I was crazy for being so paranoid, that the Hondas of my day we're getting old, and that no one cared about stealing them anymore. I let my guard down just enough for something horrible to happen. Never again.
02-25-2015, 09:19 PM
Re: 98-0914 Resurrection
